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June 26, 2022

The Smart Way to Passive Investing

The Smart Way to Passive Investing There is a lot of noise in the investment space. If you're just getting into the game, you must be smart. Keep your first couple of deals simple. You don't need an overly complex tax strategy. You don't need to be looking at three…

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June 19, 2022

Rural Development and RE Investing

During the pandemic, we saw a lot of companies, even big ones, change how they operate and do business. Thanks to technology, people could work from home or wherever they wanted. And this has caused a lot of movement as people decided to relocate away from the city and into…

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June 12, 2022

LPs Beware!

Joining us today is Paul Moore. He invested in an oil and gas deal in North Dakota in 2010. At that time, North Dakota had a massive housing shortage. There were tens of thousands of oil workers, executives, and folks descending on their towns that didn’t have housing. So, Paul…

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June 5, 2022

People and Culture Diligence

Why is it critical to look at HR in your due diligence activities before investing? Investors focus more on the compliance aspects of HR that they fail to look at the talent side and understand what’s happening from a cultural perspective. Before you invest, look at the rate of turnover…

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May 29, 2022

How to Raise Capital as a First Time Sponsor

We are honored to have as our guest, Brian Adams. Brian is currently serving as Principal for Excelsior Capital which he founded in 2019 and oversees acquisitions, operations, and capital raising efforts. In this episode, he’ll speak on how to raise capital as a first-time sponsor or entrepreneur. You might…

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May 22, 2022

Be the Extraordinary Passive Investor You Can Be

Trevor is a high-performance coach and business strategist. He also owns a private real estate investment company consisting of many different asset classes worldwide. But before achieving success, Trevor went through a period of defeat when his investment didn’t work, and he lost everything. Gratefully, he met his coach, who…

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May 15, 2022

Scaling from LP to GP

Most people in the real estate industry have probably read the book Rich Dad, Poor Dad. It is like a solid foundation for all investors. But in this episode, Luc D’Abreau talks about the things that are not true or articulated well enough in this book. One of the things…

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May 8, 2022

Passive Investing in Value-Add Multifamily Real Estate

Travis Watts is the Director of Investor Relations at Ashcroft Capital, a podcast host, and multifamily investor. Like most people, Travis Watts started in the real estate industry by investing in single-family homes. He thought he could handle a W-2 job and active investment at the same time. So, he…

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May 1, 2022

Being an Active and Passive Investor

Today, we’ll have an exciting discussion with Jenny Gou of Vertical Street Ventures! Jenny is a passive real estate investor and syndicator. Before she got into real estate, Jenny worked at Procter and Gamble as Sales Director. She wanted to diversify her retirement portfolio, so she started investing in single-family…

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April 24, 2022

Passive Income through Multiple Commercial Real Estate Projects

Today, our guest is Dan Kennedy. Dan knew from an early age that he wanted to be involved in real estate. He played professional soccer and used the money he made from it to invest in single-family homes. Dan went to business school at the USC Marshall School of Business…

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April 17, 2022

Green and Sustainable Property Management

Our guest today is Dave Holman of Katahdin Property Management. Before getting into real estate, Dave took up architecture classes in college, lived a few years in Bolivia, and set up a chain of camping stores named The Spitting Llama. In 2009, he returned to Maine, got his MBA and…

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April 11, 2022

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For the Inaugural Read With Entrepreneurs Book Club Live Interview with Authors, I chatted with Brian Burke, author of "The Hands-Off Investor" a real guide that allows for real action straight out of the book.

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April 10, 2022

Protect Your Assets Legally!

an asset protection attorney for over nine years and investing in real estate for almost 12. Because of his experience in litigation – suing insurance companies – people started asking him about how to put up a real estate portfolio, investment and tax strategies, and asset protection. Hence, Royal Legal…

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April 4, 2022

Understanding Real Estate Investing Laws

There are so many ways to get in trouble in the syndication business! For example, how are you finding investors? Are you allowed to advertise? How do you set up a syndication? How do you resolve issues or disputes? The legal formation at the beginning is the foundation of everything!…

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March 28, 2022

How to Invest in Passive Real Estate Syndications

Our guest, Brian Burke, is President / CEO of Praxis Capital Inc, a vertically integrated real estate private equity investment firm. He is also the author of "The Hands-Off Investor: An Insider's Guide to Investing in Passive Real Estate Syndications." Brian begins by explaining the difference between being a passive…

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March 21, 2022

Creating Wealth Through Passive Income

Our guest, Whitney Elkins-Hutten, is the Director of Investor Education in passiveinvesting.com. She is passionate about helping busy professionals transform their lives with passive real estate investing. In this episode, Whitney will talk about the freedom she gained after discovering the power of passive income. If your goal is to…

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March 14, 2022

The Perks of Being a Limited Partner

Joining us in this episode is Paul Shannon. Paul is a passive, limited partner in over 1,400 multifamily units, numerous industrial offerings, and ATMs. Paul talks about some of the perks of being a limited partner or passive investor. He shares what got him to leave his W2 role and…

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March 13, 2022

Grow Faster Through Employee Supremacy

Joining us in this episode is Andy Alsop. Andy is the CEO of The Receptionist. It is the first iPad visitor management system for digital front desk check-in. As the company started, he came across Gino Wickman’s Traction methodology and adopted it. They saw the need to establish their just…

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March 13, 2022

We’re in a People Business!

Our guest for this episode is Melanie McDaniel. She is the founder of Freestyle Capital Group, a boutique private equity firm that partners with passive investors to invest in private equity real estate transactions across various recession-resistant asset classes. Melanie offers a boutique experience to her investors and aims to…

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March 7, 2022

Investing and Market Trends in Real Estate

In this episode, we'll feature Deidre Wollard. She'll share her interesting background in real estate and the exciting trends in the industry these days. Deidre has a passion for real estate writing, and her mission is to share the wisdom and understanding of real estate's core function in society with…

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March 7, 2022

Answering Questions about Passive Investing with Ash Patel

Ash Patel is a full-time Commercial Real Estate and Business investor, Angel Investor, and Mentor. Ash worked as an IT manager and had different businesses over the years before he got hit with the real estate bug. In this episode, Ash will speak about various aspects in active and passive…

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March 7, 2022

Passive Investing for Working Professionals

Most professionals only have a single source of income – their jobs. But what if something happens and you lose that one source? Our guest, Dr. Jeff Anzalone, a periodontist, will speak to us about how his experience of coming out of medical school with a significant amount of debt…

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March 7, 2022

Creating a Strong GP-LP Relationship

We are honored to have J Scott as our first guest in The Limited Partner Podcast! J is a tech and business guy who left his job and comfort zone to venture into a new career in a new location. He and his wife discovered real estate and began their…

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